Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The two main protagonists in the war that led to Dutch independence, Spanish king Felipe II (pained by a Flemish painter in Spain) and the leader of the Dutch, William of Orange: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-gJRRBqN/A After spending about an hour in the exhibition, I walked over to the permanent collection to have another look at some of my favourites, especially Goya?s Maja: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Qhs9Gwn/A And probably the most compelling painting at the Prado, Goya?s depiction of the execution of Spanish rebels by Napoleon?s troops on 3 May 1803, following a failed uprising in Madrid: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-zb9f4zD/A And to finish, something completely different; at the end of the long day, before going back to Atocha for the train back to Alicante, I stopped in at another Madrid ?cultural? institution, the bar El Brillante, for a fried calamari sandwich (a Madrid specialty) and a couple of beers: https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-L2LfJdd/A A long and tiring day. More to come. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA